The Doll-House

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Dollhouse (disambiguation).
The Doll-House
by James Cross
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction short story
Published inDangerous Visions
Publication typeAnthology
PublisherDoubleday
Media typeHardback
Publication date1967

"The Doll-House" is a short story by Hugh Jones Parry, under the name "James Cross".[1] It was first published in Harlan Ellison's 1967 science fiction anthology Dangerous Visions.[1]

Synopsis[]

When Jim Eliot is in financial trouble, he asks for help from his wife's uncle, who gives him a dollhouse containing a miniature oracle. Due to his lack of patience he loses this oracle in the end.

Development[]

Per Algis Budrys, the short story was one of two stories that was "simply submitted by the authors ' literary agent when Harlan got desperate for material".[2]

Reception[]

Ted Gioia described "The Doll-House" as "a very appealing mixture of ancient mythology and modern psychodrama".[1] Algis Budrys said that it was a Weird Tales-style story, only published in Dangerous Visions because "Harlan got desperate for material".[3]

The manuscript for "The Doll-House" is held in the Hugh Parry collection at Boston University.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c The Most Dangerous Sci-Fi Anthology: A Look Back at Harlan Ellison's Dangerous Visions (1967), by Ted Gioia, at ConceptualFiction.com; published May 21, 2014; retrieved October 14, 2016
  2. ^ Budrys, Algis (1985). Benchmarks: Galaxy Bookshelf. Southern Illinois University Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-8093-1187-3.
  3. ^ Budrys, Algis (April 1968). "Galaxy Bookshelf". Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 155–163.
  4. ^ Parry, Hugh (1916-1997), at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University; retrieved October 14, 2016

External links[]


Stub icon

This article about a science fiction short story (or stories) published in the 1960s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""